Lisa Emerson lays out a practical framework for improving patient outcomes through better collaboration between three roles she defines as the **client (patient), provider, and “engineer” (researcher/translator)**. She describes where trust and coordination break down—time limits, mismatched expectations, fragmented care, and miscommunication—and argues that clearer parameters, active listening, and better follow-through can reduce burden on everyone. Along the way, she highlights themes like informed consent, patient self-advocacy, and how research findings can be misunderstood or misapplied in real-world care. 👉 Register at `cosci.org` for our coming CoSci 2026 at on March 13-15 in Las Vegas, NV. As with this presentation from 2025, you'll see great talks from Shawn Baker, Ken Berry, Amber O'Hearn, Nick Norwitz, Bret Scher and many, many more. 🎗️And best of all – CoSci is a charity event to support the Citizen Science Foundation, a 501(c)3 Public Charity supporting low c...